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Health officials said Sunday they had detected the Covid Omicron strain in Australia for the first time in two passengers who were tested after flying into Sydney from southern Africa.

A file photo taken on December 7, 2020 shows police standing guard as travellers arrive for hotel quarantine in Melbourne. – Health officials in Australia said on November 28, 2021 they had detected the Covid Omicron strain for the first time after testing two passengers in hotel quarantine from southern Africa who flew into Sydney.

They tested positive for Covid shortly after arriving, leading to an urgent analysis for possible infection by the heavily mutated Omicron strain. About 260 passengers and crew on the plane have also been told to isolate, the health authority said. After more than 18 months of closed borders, fully vaccinated Australian citizens no longer have to seek an exemption to leave the country.

 

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